…we hope, become engaged and scientifically literate adults. And surely they will not lack for important questions to ask! Here’s an example: According to a recent study published by the…
…User events are logged, external video captures student action and speech, and video internal to the AR devices is recorded and analyzed. Student Performance Prediction in Engineering Design Wanli Xing,…
…a Keynote Speech on the educational applications of IR imaging in this morning’s Opening Plenary and I felt that it was very well received. The PEPSI joke about how to…
…means to explore or predict possible system responses to the current climate change.” As always, science requires more study to start filling in the blanks of the big unknowns! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526141406.htm…
…100 to be considered significant. http://www.xkcd.com/882 Scientists test their hypotheses multiple times to be sure of the significance of their results. Even though one test may reach a significant p-value,…
How can you tell what’s in the atmosphere of a planet that’s over one billion miles from Earth? Blog Post
…the measurement from that far away, it’s only a matter of time until we’ll be able to measure atmospheres of planets and moons outside of our solar system! http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cassinifeatures/feature20101126/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101128222041.htm…
…Formaldehyde is relatively abundant throughout the galaxy, making it possible that life could form in other solar systems in the same way that it formed in this solar system. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110404151351.htm…
…being stored in the wood rather than being released into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, the trees don’t take in ALL of the released carbon dioxide… trees to the (partial) rescue! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110525120050.htm…
…big question, for us humans, is how humans will fare. Explore the role of oceans in Earth’s climate with our activity, “What will Earth’s climate be in the future?” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110109184025.htm…
…already been made. Stay tuned to see what they re-name “Snow White.” Explore how spectroscopy is used to determine the atmospheric composition of distant planets in our space investigation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110822124955.htm…